Turning 60

October 19, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband turned 60 on Saturday. I was more excited about his milestone birthday than he was. That’s not to say he wasn’t excited. He was. In a no-fuss, matter-of-fact way. Which has always been his approach to his birthday. Yes, his birthday. Not mine😊. He gets excited about other things. Holidays that focus on mountains, […]

Scottish tales

October 5, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I will be flying home to KL tomorrow. We’ve been in Scotland for two weeks. As ‘they’ say, ‘All good things must come to an end.’ Why? I’m not sure. Probably because ‘they’ – the same lot – think, you and I, can’t have too much of a good thing. Because we […]

I want to …

September 7, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My life has not been quite the same since 26th April. Not since my Sinnavan passed. Yes, I’m still here. Alive. Carrying on with whatever I do every day. Planning. Scheduling. Going places. Doing stuff. Keeping busy. All of that. I know I must live my life the best I can with and for the […]

Prosper thy neighbour

August 24, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

There are six outlets near where I live. Four restaurants and two mini markets or grocery stores. All within a 500m radius. They are literally everywhere. The proliferation of mainland Chinese brands is unmissable. They are present in shopping malls, shop lots, and wherever there is people traffic. In sectors like food and beverage, retail, […]

Siblings

June 29, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My sisters return to their homes in England and Australia tomorrow. The twelve days have gone past swiftly. I’m already missing them. In fact, I’ve been thinking of tomorrow since last Tuesday. It will be heartbreaking saying goodbye. As my mum used to say, ‘If you come, you have to go.’ Particularly because all her […]

Working here

April 6, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

He said ‘no’ and gestured to my husband and me to make a U-turn and walk back the way we came. ‘No,’ ‘no’ was all he said. That is until I spoke to him in Bahasa. Apparently, we were walking towards the workers’ quarters, and not back to the resort. Yes, a resort that we’ve […]

Still thus far

March 30, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s still my birthday month, yes, one more day to go. Last Tuesday, my mum-in-law asked about my birthday celebrations. I explained that it would continue until the end of March, as I cannot go cold turkey on my desserts. I needed a week to slowly wean myself off the sugar overload. Officially six and […]

Thus far

March 23, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

Six and a half decades. 23,741 days, 3,391 weeks, and 780 months. OMG. That’s a mighty long time to be around. Honestly, I didn’t think I’d get to this ripe old age. Why? I don’t actually know. Maybe, because my dad passed at 62. My maternal and paternal grandmothers also passed at 62. My mum lived to 90 […]

Testing the waters

February 23, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I had a four-night, five-day stay at Tanjung Jara recently. It was the longest holiday that we’ve had, locally, in a very long time. We usually do two nights. By the third day, we are ready to go home. And, the last holiday was only for one-night in Malacca, which we thought […]

Don’t touch

February 16, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

There’s very little I can say for sure these days. This I know for sure. I like learning things. I’m actually happy when I learn, know or gather information that interest me. It could be something I’d seen or experienced. Or would like to know more about. Not in-depth knowledge. Just enough especially as my […]